NASA astronomers have confirmed what may be the greatest discovery of the era. They found a significant reservoir of water that was hidden in the cosmos, and that surrounds a quasa ...

For only the third time in recorded history, an interstellar object has crossed into our solar system, creating quite the ...

Last week, seven former heads of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate signed a joint letter to Congress condemning the White ...

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...

In a new paper published in Physical Review X, researchers present compelling evidence for a “helicity barrier”—a previously ...

Proxima Centauri b is the closest known exoplanet to our solar system that is thought to be within the habitable zone of its star.

What at first seemed a routine detection of an object travelling through the solar system soon turned out to be anything but. The object’s trajectory revealed it to be a much rarer visitor than first ...

We measure the extremely long distances between things in space by light years. A light year is the distance that light travels in one Earth year. Light travels at about 300,000 kilometres per second.

The question of how life began has captivated humanity for millennia. Now, a team of scientists are preparing to use NASA's ...

Aster G. Taylor is a Ph.D. candidate in Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a 2023 Fannie ...

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he is directing Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to be the interim NASA administrator.

In our analysis this week, we look at how NASA's proposed budget would slash the agency's science division by nearly 50%.